Bayou City W.A.T.E.R. Project
Wetland Types
Data from the Texas
Coastal Wetlands Guidebook indicates that there are seven major wetland
categories for the Texas Gulf Coast. The
map of Major Wetland Types does not illustrate actual wetlands, or information
about the amount of wetlands in each area.
It does show where different types of wetlands are likely to be found on
the Texas Gulf Coast. It's become
increasingly difficult to find undisturbed wetlands of certain types.
The wetland categories are
based on geology, as this provides the basic template upon which wetlands have
formed. Geologic categorization has
been further subdivided by climate and vegetation.
As with any classification and map, considerable "lumping" of
several possible wetland types had to take place.
The categories presented here to provide a good framework for
understanding the major types of wetlands found on the Gulf Coast.
<Insert Major Wetland Types of the Texas Gulf Coast Map and Key>
Source: Texas Coastal Wetlands Guidebook, by
Daniel W. Moulton and John S. Jacob, Texas Sea Grant Publication TAMU-SG-00-605,
p.6.
